Sure, there are aspects Reed might be already better than Fred.....that is visible..... But Fred is still more steady Freddy in certain types of situations you cannot simulate. Dude has been to the Finals with Kawhi......and made big Playoff shots..... You don't want his career to basically be over the hill after that type of injury though on this team or any other team for that matter.
Well, it is consistently below average...... I would call him steady in situations where you need the calmer hand.
I appreciate FVV. I value FVV's defense and game management highly. I'd find a way to get both FVV and Reed 30 mpg if they were both healthy. That said, mostly, I think it will just take time for Reed to learn to fit with Durant, Amen, and Sengun. Whether it be the next game or 20 games from now, I'm expecting a spike in 3PAs from Reed from him learning how to get to spaces those players create and from those guys learning how Reed moves without the ball during a defensive breakdown or an offensive board. I think Adams has already figured out how Reed moves on an offensive board. Holiday and Reed work well together pulling the defense in opposite directions, and replacing one another based on how the other moves off ball.
Agree with a lot of this. Durant is a tough fit for anybody that needs the ball. Hopefully the team can get the ball to Reed where he needs it to take advantage of his elite skill. The problem with both Reed and Holiday whether they are playing together or not is defense. They have to get effective on both sides of the ball to not be a net negative. We need their shooting on offense. Batum kind of demonstrated last game that Reed needs to play off-ball. Teams are brutalizing him when he has the ball. Teams have adjusted like i predicted and are herding him out to the half-court line. He wasn’t even quick enough to make Batum pay.
Fred is the vet: you play him. Now, if Reed is averaging 25+ a game and playing mad defense, you take another look.
Am I missing something? I'm surprised how seriously everyone seems to be taking this question. Is there even a snowball's chance in hell that FVV comes back that soon? Has anyone ever come back from a torn ACL that soon? I know it's a hypothetical, but I feel like most hypotheticals worth several pages of discussion have at least some likelihood of happening. Not only that, but the OP kinda implied this was a real possibility...
